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100 Years Of Literary Hoaxes
Regardless of where you land on loving/loathing April Fools’ Day you’ll probably find this roundup of literary hoaxes The New York Times put together entertaining. While you’ll probably remember James Frey’s (fabricated) story, this takes a deep dive into history and has many literary fraudsters you probably didn’t know about.
The Search for America’s First Published Poet’s Burial Site
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Woman’s legacy and work forgotten throughout history. The first North American continent’s poet was Anne Bradstreet (The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America) and now Merrimack College students and professors are on a quest to find her burial site. Learn more about Bradstreet and the Finding Anne Bradstreet project here.
Spanish Audiobook Publishers Changing With Market
A recent study, Profile of the Spanish Audiobook Market, found that there’s been a shift from the U.S. being the largest market for Spanish audiobooks published by Spain and Latin America to Spain and Mexico being the largest market for these books. The reason? Basically better quality and access. Also, less narrators with Castilian accents for Latin American consumers. Read more on this growing market here.